CSU QB Pete Thomas, wide receivers will work with the timing they’ve got

FORT COLLINS – CSU quarterback Pete Thomas has come to a sobering conclusion about the issue of getting the timing between he and his receivers down.

“I don’t think we’re ever going to have our timing down the way we want it,” he said. “I don’t think that will ever happen.”

Not this season, anyway.

“But it has gotten better over the year,” Thomas said. “We’ve been working real hard, staying after practice throwing a little more. Been doing some different stuff during individuals. I think that’s been helping us.”

CSU has generally struggled in the passing game this season, though it did see a bump in production from the Oct. 22 game at UTEP to the Oct. 29 game at UNLV.

Against UTEP, Thomas was 19-of-33 for 162 yards, no touchdowns and one interception. That improved to 17-of-30 for 230 yards one touchdown and one interception against the Rebels.

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Terry Frei graduated from Wheat Ridge High School in the Denver area and has degrees in history and journalism from the University of Colorado-Boulder. He worked for the Rocky Mountain News while attending CU and joined the Post staff after graduation. He has also worked at the Oregonian in Portland, Ore., and The Sporting News. His seventh book, March 1939: Before the Madness, was issued in February 2014.